semester

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English

Alternative forms

• semestre (obsolete)

Etymology

From German Semester, from New Latin sēmestris (“lasting six months”), from sex (“six”) + mēnsis (“month”).

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /sɪˈmɛstə/
• (General American) enPR: sĭ-mĕstʹər, IPA^(key): /sɪˈmɛstɚ/
• Hyphenation: se‧mes‧ter
• Rhymes: -ɛstə(ɹ)

Noun

semester (plural semesters)

1. Half of a school year (US) or academic year such as autumn or spring semester.

2. A period or term of six months.

Derived terms

Translations

See also

• bimester
• half-year
• term
• trimester

Anagrams

• semestre

Cebuano

Etymology

Borrowed from English semester.

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: se‧mes‧ter
• IPA^(key): /seˈmesteɾ/ [s̪eˈmis̪.t̪eɾ̪]

Noun

semester

1. semester (half of a school year or academic year)

Danish

Etymology

From German Semester, from New Latin sēmestris (“lasting six months”), from sex (“six”) + mēnsis (“month”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /semɛstər/, [seˈmɛsd̥ɐ]

Noun

semester n (singular definite semestret or semesteret, plural indefinite semestre)

1. semester (half of school year)

Declension

See also

• semester on the Danish Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^da

References

• “semester” in Den Danske Ordbog

Dutch

Etymology

From Latin semestris, by way of German Semester or French semestre.

Pronunciation

Noun

semester n (plural semesters, diminutive semestertje n)

1. semester (period of six months)

   Synonym: halfjaar

   Coordinate terms: kwartaal, trimester, tertiaal, quadrimester

Descendants

• → Indonesian: semester

Indonesian

Etymology

From Dutch semester, from German Semester, from New Latin sēmestris ("lasting six months"), from sex (“six”) + mēnsis (“month”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [səˈmɛstər]
• Hyphenation: sê‧mès‧têr

Noun

sêmèstêr (uncountable)

1. semester:
   1. a period or term of six months.
   2. (education) half of a school year or academic year.

Derived terms

Further reading

• “semester” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.

Middle English

Noun

semester

1. Alternative form of semestere

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From Latin (cursus) semestris.

Noun

semester n (definite singular semesteret or semestret, indefinite plural semester or semestre, definite plural semestra or semestrene)

1. semester

References

• “semester” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Swedish

Etymology

From New Latin sēmestris (“lasting six months”); sex (“six”) + mēnsis (“month”). See also German Semester.

The semantic shift might have been influenced by the French congé de semestre (six months military leave).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sɛˈmɛstɛr/
• Rhymes: -¹ɛstɛr

Noun

semester c

1. a holiday/vacation, especially from work

2. (especially in compounds) an activity related to vacationing

3. (figuratively) a relief from a taxing situation

Declension

Derived terms

Related terms

• semestra

References

• semester in Svensk ordbok (SO)
• semester in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
• semester in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)